August 19, 2009
An InsiderAdvantage / Majority Opinion Research poll finds Americans split in their opinions of proposals to change the healthcare system and charge energy companies and large consumers of energy for use permits. However, they favor legislation which would require that U.S. corporations doing business in foreign countries pay federal taxes on any income they make in a foreign country and they favor legislation that would force individuals with offshore or foreign accounts to disclose any profits which they made in prior years and pay the taxes on those profits as well as face penalties for tax evasion.
Q. What is your opinion of the proposals by President Obama and the Democratic Congress with regard to legislation to change the healthcare system in the United States?
Very favorable: 32%
Somewhat favorable: 14%
Somewhat unfavorable: 8%
Very unfavorable: 41%
No Opinion: 5%
Q. What is your opinion of the proposals by President Obama and the Democratic Congress with regard to legislation to make energy companies and large consumers of energy pay the Federal Government for permits in future years?
Very favorable: 30%
Somewhat favorable: 13%
Somewhat unfavorable: 10%
Very unfavorable: 35%
No Opinion: 12%
Q. What is your opinion of the proposals by President Obama and the Democratic Congress with regard to legislation which would require that U.S. corporations doing business in foreign countries pay Federal taxes on any income they make in a foreign country for the same tax year in which they earned a profit?
Very favorable: 47%
Somewhat favorable: 18%
Somewhat unfavorable: 6%
Very unfavorable: 20%
No Opinion: 9%
Q. What is your opinion of the Federal Government’s current effort to force individuals with offshore or foreign accounts to disclose any profits which they made in prior years and pay the taxes on those profits as well as face penalties for tax evasion?
Very favorable: 49%
Somewhat favorable: 16%
Somewhat unfavorable: 9%
Very unfavorable: 19%
No Opinion: 7%
The poll of 649 registered voters was conducted on August 18, 2009 and was weighted by age, race, gender and political party affiliation. The poll has a maximum sampling error of +/- 3.8%.
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